DS Smith

DS Smith, part of International Paper, will invest over €14 million in its Timișoara and Ghimbav packaging plants in Romania, including about €10.5 million in Timișoara by Q1 2027 for automation and a new converting line.

DS Smith will invest an additional €3.6 million in 2026 at its Ghimbav, Romania plant for infrastructure modernisation and corrugated board production equipment upgrades, building on a €13 million investment launched in 2023.

DS Smith is investing €10.5 million at its Timișoara, Romania plant by Q1 2027 for automation, production flow changes, warehouse expansion and a new conversion line. The investment is part of a wider €14 million Romanian program.

DS Smith and Absolut Vodka introduced a range of 100% recyclable fibre-based corrugated brown boxes with flavour-specific colour coding to protect Absolut Vodka bottles in transit worldwide.

DS Smith plans upgrades at its Bredasten packaging facility in Värnamo, Sweden, including a 3,000 square metre expansion. Warehouse activities currently in Malmö will move to the expanded site.

DS Smith is investing up to DKK 100 million (about EUR 13.4 million) to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a Göpfert rotary die-cutting line with flexographic printing. The company expects capacity to rise by up to 15 million square metres of corrugated board per year.

DS Smith is investing up to €13.4 million to upgrade its corrugated packaging facility in Grenaa, Denmark, adding a flexographic rotary die-cutting line to expand capacity for automation-ready packaging.

DS Smith partnered with the Romanian Serele SupeR agricultural cooperative to replace ten million plastic tomato packages with recyclable corrugated fibre punnets, following a three-year trial, reported on 14 January 2026.

Coca-Cola HBC, with packaging maker DS Smith and machinery supplier Krones, is rolling out a corrugated cardboard handle for 1.5-liter bottle multipacks in place of plastic shrink wrap. Commercial trials began in Austria in 2023.

DS Smith developed the Lift Up, a fully recyclable corrugated cardboard handle for 1.5-litre soft drink bottle multipacks, in collaboration with Krones and Coca-Cola HBC. Krones says the method could cut packaging production energy use by 58%.

DS Smith developed a fully recyclable corrugated cardboard display with Carlsberg Group for the German launch of Kronenbourg 1664 Blanc. The modular display features a contour-cut bottle silhouette and varnish finishing.

DS Smith has redesigned Carlsberg Britvic's OTOR4 soft drinks packaging as the OTOR8 bag-in-box, allowing 25% more boxes per pallet. The change is the first stage of a wider supply chain partnership and is expected to save over 50 tonnes of CO2 in transport emissions.

Carlsberg Britvic is partnering with DS Smith to upgrade its beverage packaging to the new OTOR8 bag-in-box design, aiming to cut emissions, reduce weight and improve supply chain efficiency. The partnership was reported on 28 September 2025.

DS Smith unveiled an enhanced eight-sided bag-in-box design developed with Carlsberg Britvic, allowing about 25% more boxes per pallet. The article gives no deal value.

Carlsberg Britvic is partnering with DS Smith to upgrade its beverage packaging to the new OTOR8 bag-in-box design, aiming to improve supply chain efficiency and sustainability. The article gives no deal value.

DS Smith and Alpine Water developed a recycled and recyclable corrugated transport box for Hallstein glass water bottles that replaces polyethylene foam inserts. The announcement was dated 18 September 2025.

DS Smith partnered with TPV Automotive to develop a fiber-based corrugated packaging system for BMW car wheel carriers shipped to BMW's Asian assembly facility. The solution replaces Styrofoam, PS or wood packaging.

DS Smith has renewed its packaging partnership with Jaguar Land Rover, covering manufacture, storage and delivery of packaging for JLR's products worldwide from the Mercia Park site in Leicestershire, valued at £108 million. The extension was made official at the beginning of April 2025.

DS Smith signed a £108 million, five-year contract to extend its fibre-based packaging supply to Jaguar Land Rover, including a just-in-time on-site service at JLR's Mercia Park plant in Appleby Magna, UK.

DS Smith extended its five-year fibre-based packaging contract with Jaguar Land Rover worth £108 million, including an on-site one-stop-shop at JLR's Mercia Park facility in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire.

DS Smith has extended its five-year, GBP 108 million contract to supply fibre-based packaging, warehousing and transport services to JLR's Mercia campus in Appleby Magna, Leicestershire.

DS Smith partnered with bfresh spitiko, creator of the spitiko juice brand, to develop a fibre-based corrugated e-commerce packaging system replacing wooden trays for juice in glass bottles.

International Paper completed its acquisition of DS Smith, a deal estimated at $7.2 billion, creating a combined packaging company headquartered in Memphis with a European headquarters in London. Expected synergies are at least $514 million.

DS Smith teamed up with drinks company V. Roubis, creator of bfresh spitiko, to develop fibre-based corrugated e-commerce packaging for three glass-bottled juice products, replacing wooden trays.

DS Smith developed new fibre-based corrugated cardboard ecommerce packaging for V. Roubis, maker of the Bfresh Spitiko juice brand, replacing wooden trays and polystyrene for its glass-bottled juices.

The European Commission cleared International Paper's acquisition of DS Smith, conditional on International Paper divesting box plants in Mortagne, Saint-Amand, Cabourg, Ovar and Bilbao.

The European Commission cleared International Paper's acquisition of DS Smith on condition that it divest five European box plants. The deal was announced in April 2024 at about $9.9 billion.

DS Smith collaborated with Denmark's Vilsund Blue A/S to replace plastic pallets with corrugated cardboard pallets for its canned seafood products, increasing cans per pallet from 1,800 to 2,700, reported 5 December 2024.

DS Smith announced a €34.4m investment at its Füzesabony, Nagykáta and Győr sites in Hungary, aiming to raise manufacturing capacity by over 40%, with completion expected by April 2026.

Biffa has been awarded a £3 million three-year contract to collect and manage about 15,000 tonnes of waste from DS Smith sites across the UK, with zero waste sent to landfill.

DS Smith and Zalando renewed their long-term partnership under which DS Smith will supply fibre-based corrugated packaging for Zalando's e-commerce operations across several European countries, starting April 2025.

DS Smith has strengthened its partnership with Zalando as a primary supplier of corrugated cardboard packaging for Zalando's European delivery centers, starting April 2025.

DS Smith announced over €25 million of investment in its Polish sites, mainly expanding the Kielce packaging facility with a new BOBST die-cutter. Lines for Bełchatów and Sosnowiec will add fresh-food and paper-bag production.

DS Smith is investing more than EUR 25 million in machinery in Poland to increase its production capacity for corrugated packaging. Most of the 100 million zloty investment goes to one plant.

DS Smith extended its partnership with Zalando through a preferred supplier contract covering e-commerce and fibre-based corrugated cardboard packaging for European order and delivery hubs. The contract commences in April 2025.

DS Smith confirmed an extended partnership with Zalando to supply e-commerce and fibre-based corrugated packaging across Europe, starting April 2025.

Shareholders of both International Paper and DS Smith approved the all-share combination of the two companies, which is expected to close in Q4 2024 subject to regulatory clearance. The combination aims to create a corrugated packaging company focused on Europe and North America.

DS Smith has invested more than €50 million in its packaging facilities in Portugal over the last three years. Investments include new fluting machines for Oporto and Leiria, and a corrugator upgrade at Lisbon.

DS Smith began supplying its carbon-reducing DS Smith Round Wrap multipack to Carlsberg Poland for selected product lines. The solution is expected to save up to 224 metric tons of CO2 a year for Carlsberg Poland.

The expiration of the US Hart-Scott-Rodino waiting period cleared a major regulatory hurdle for International Paper's all-equity acquisition of DS Smith. The deal, valued at about $7.22bn, is still subject to European Commission clearance and a court sanction, and is expected to close in Q4 2024.

DS Smith agreed a supplier deal with Swedish company Jonsac to source 100% fibre-based paper bags for e-commerce customers across its European markets. The deal extends an existing Nordics arrangement.

DS Smith has invested over €50 million in its packaging facilities in Portugal over the last three years, including corrugating machines for Porto and Leiria and solar panels at Esmoriz, Leiria and Lisbon.

DS Smith is set to sell its De Hoop paper mill in the Netherlands to corrugated packaging supplier De Jong Packaging for GBP43m (US$59m).

DS Smith agreed its second consecutive five-year exclusive corrugated packaging supply agreement in Europe with Mondelez International, extending an existing relationship with new projects and sustainable fibre-based packaging.

DS Smith invested €6m in its La Chevrolière facility near Nantes, France, adding 4,000 square metres and a new 2,500m² workshop for Kaypal cardboard pallets. The workshop has capacity of 250,000 units and potential for up to 1.5 million pallets per year.

International Paper agreed an all-share deal to buy British packaging firm DS Smith, valuing it at 5.8 billion pounds ($7.2 billion) and outbidding Mondi. DS Smith said it had received proposals from both bidders.

International Paper and DS Smith agreed the terms of a recommended all-share combination creating a global sustainable packaging leader. The transaction value is about $9.9 billion and the deal is expected to close by Q4 2024.

DS Smith agreed a supplier deal with Swedish company Jonsac to supply 100% fibre-based, recyclable e-commerce paper bags to its customers across all its European markets. The deal extends an existing Nordics arrangement.

DS Smith announced a supplier agreement with Swedish company Jonsac to supply 100% fibre-based, recyclable paper e-commerce bags across Europe, extending an existing Nordics arrangement.

UK packaging company Mondi reached an agreement in principle on a potential all-share offer for rival DS Smith valued at £5.14 billion, with Mondi shareholders owning 54% of the combined group.

DS Smith has announced a second five-year agreement making it the sole corrugated cardboard packaging supplier to Mondelez International in Europe, with new sustainable fibre-based packaging solutions planned.

DS Smith agreed a second consecutive five-year contract to be the sole supplier of corrugated packaging in Europe for Mondelēz International, extending a relationship of about ten years.

DS Smith has renewed its five-year contract to be the sole supplier of corrugated packaging in Europe for Mondelēz International, announced on 6 February 2024.

DS Smith renewed its five-year contract to be the sole supplier of corrugated packaging in Europe for Mondelez International, with new fibre-based sustainable packaging to be implemented across European markets.

Mondi acquired the Hinton pulp mill in Alberta, Canada, from West Fraser Timber for $5 million, in a deal reported as happening the week before the article.

DS Smith has signed a second consecutive five-year contract with Mondelez International to be its exclusive corrugated packaging supplier across European markets. The deal includes new sustainable fibre-based packaging solutions.

Mondi intends to buy DS Smith, according to a Pack aktuell news roundup. The headline gives no date, so the article date is used.

DS Smith has completed its acquisition of the corrugated packaging business of Spain's Grupo Lantero for approximately EUR 190 million, expanding its position in the Spanish market. Grupo Lantero operates seven sites.

DS Smith is investing nearly €90 million to replace the coal-fired boiler at its Rouen paper mill in Normandy with a 56 MW Valmet biomass boiler, cutting site emissions by 99,000 tonnes of CO2 per year. The boiler is due to be fully operational by Q1 2025, and Engie Solutions will operate it.

Coca-Cola HBC Austria replaced plastic shrink film on four soft drink multipacks with kraft paper and cardboard packaging, developed with Krones, DS Smith and Mondi. The line was installed at its Edestal plant in Burgenland.

Coca-Cola HBC Austria replaced plastic films on 1.5-litre PET multipacks with recyclable cardboard and kraft paper outer packaging at its Burgenland production center, saving an estimated 200 tons of plastic annually. Krones, Mondi and DS Smith collaborated on the project.

DS Smith agreed to acquire Bosis doo, a Serbian maker of offset cardboard and blister packaging, via a share transaction expected to complete in the second half of its financial year. The deal strengthens its East Europe packaging business.

DS Smith is investing €34 million to modernise and expand its corrugated board plant in Arenshausen, Thuringia, with groundbreaking held for the works. The investment is part of about €120 million spent across three German sites and is expected to create new jobs.

DS Smith decided to close its Berlin plant, which can no longer be operated economically, following an analysis of its site portfolio.

DS Smith will invest almost EUR 120 million in expanding and modernising its plants in Nördlingen, Arenshausen and Arnstadt, including a new corrugator at Nördlingen, creating about 100 new jobs.

DS Smith decided to close its Berlin plant, which it no longer considered economically viable, as part of a review of its German locations.

DS Smith is investing almost EUR 120 million to expand and modernise its plants in Nördlingen, Arenshausen and Arnstadt, Germany, adding capacity such as a new corrugator at Nördlingen. The investment will create about 100 new jobs once construction and commissioning are complete.

DS Smith launched a new state-of-the-art sustainable packaging facility in Belchatow, Poland, on 15 September 2022, part of a combined £100m investment with its new Italian site. The site is expected to help create part of more than 250 new roles across both countries.

DS Smith has started production at its new 34,000 sqm packaging plant in Castelfranco Emilia (Modena), Italy, with a corrugator and three converting machines running. The plant will eventually have 10 production lines and over 200 million sqm of annual capacity.

DS Smith is launching a 37,000 m² corrugated packaging plant in Bełchatów with annual capacity of 180 million m² at the end of June 2022. The project cost PLN 250 million and created more than 200 jobs.

Leidos Supply awarded packaging and soft consumables supply contracts to DS Smith (£28.5M) and MacLellan Rubber (£830K) for a two-plus-two-year term from 1 April 2022, worth £29.33M in total for the UK Ministry of Defence logistics programme.

Packaging maker DS Smith developed a 100% corrugated board e-commerce shipping solution for the Hesse start-up Blaue Helden, using inserts so no filler material is needed for its starter sets. The announcement was dated August 25, 2021.

DS Smith is investing EUR 16.7 million to expand and modernise its Arnstadt site in Thuringia, adding a new corrugator and automated conveyors. Construction began with a ground-breaking ceremony and runs about 12 months.

TriMas signed an agreement to acquire the Rapak brand, bag-in-box product lines and assets from Liqui-Box after Liqui-Box completes its purchase of DS Smith's Plastics Division, including facilities in Indianapolis, Union City and the Chicago area.

DS Smith opened a new 550,000-square-foot corrugated box manufacturing plant in Lebanon, Indiana, on January 24, 2020, capable of producing about 30,000 boxes an hour.

The UK Competition and Markets Authority found in its Phase 1 investigation that Liqui-Box's proposed takeover of DS Smith's rigid and flexible packaging business could reduce competition in Bag-in-Box packaging. The parties must address the concerns or face an in-depth Phase 2 investigation.

France's Autorité de la concurrence cleared International Paper to acquire DS Smith Packaging Normandie's two plants in Torigni-sur-Vire and Cabourg, Normandy, as a remedy for DS Smith's acquisition of Europac.

Liqui-Box acquired the Plastics division of DS Smith on March 6, 2019. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

UK packaging group DS Smith acquired Europac, a Spanish corrugated cardboard packaging company headquartered in Alcobendas, Madrid, on January 22, 2019.

The European Commission conditionally approved DS Smith's acquisition of Spanish packaging maker Europac on 14 November 2018, after DS Smith agreed to sell Europac's Ovar plant in Portugal and two Normandy plants.

DS Smith plans a 550,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Lebanon, Indiana, with $106 million investment and 140 jobs by December 2020, after city council approved tax abatements.

DS Smith has notified the European Commission of its planned purchase of Spanish corrugated packaging provider Europac. The deal is under EU merger review with a deadline of October 29, 2018.

DS Smith has announced its acquisition of Spanish-listed integrated packaging company Europac in a £1.45 billion deal, which it plans to finance by raising £1 billion in new shares plus a new debt facility. The deal is friendly but subject to CNMV approval.

DS Smith Plc agreed to acquire Corrugated Container Corporation, a family-owned corrugated packaging company with about 190 employees at four operations in Tennessee, North Carolina and Virginia. The deal follows DS Smith's purchase of Interstate Resources.

UK packaging company DS Smith designed injection-moulded reusable plastic tote boxes for Spanish retailer Zara, suited to its automated picking system.

UK-listed DS Smith signed a conditional agreement to acquire 80% of US corrugated packaging business Interstate Resources from Merpas for $920 million, assuming about $226 million of debt.

DS Smith Plc has completed the acquisition of Gopaca, a well-invested corrugated producer located near Porto, Portugal, with about 135 employees.